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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

What is a Tanka?

April is set aside as National Poetry Month to celebrate poets and poetry. The Academy of American Poets and other poetry organizations schedule events this month.

For more information visit:National Poetry Month.My second favorite poetry style is a Tanka (plural Tanka).

tan·ka /ˈtäNGkə/(noun)

a Japanese poem consisting of five lines, the first and third of which have five syllables and the other seven, making 31 syllables in all and giving a complete picture of an event or mood. 5/7/5/7/7=31